G. W. Watson

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George. W. Watson was an American politician. He was a member of the Arkansas Legislature in 1891. He represented Crittenden County as a republican. [1] Watson was included in a photo montage of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in the Indianapolis Freeman . [2]

Watson was born in 1861 near Holly Springs, Mississippi. He had one brother, and two sisters. [3] After freedom from enslavement, but before becoming a Legislator, Watson worked as a farmer, teacher, Magistrate, and as deputy sheriff. [4] He eventually moved to Hopefield, Arkansas. [5]

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  1. ↑ "Arkansas Historical Quarterly". February 15, 1985 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "CONTENTdm".
  3. ↑ "United State Census for Jasper, Crittenden, Arkansas", United States census,1880;Jasper, Crittenden, Arkansas; roll 42, page 52a, line 4, enumeration district 058. Retrieved on June 2, 2025.
  4. ↑ Wintory, Blake J. (2006). "African-American Legislators in the Arkansas General Assembly, 1868-1893" . The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 65 (4). Arkansas Historical Association: 385–434. doi:10.2307/40028092 . Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  5. ↑ Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document" . The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR   40038091.


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